Kansas City -- Beanstalk Children's Garden at the Kansas City Community Gardens

Object Details

sova.aag.gca_ref8883
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb681948aea-dbc4-411c-8e09-cbcc313bfa9e
General
The Beanstalk Children's Garden provides a unique and stimulating learning opportunity for children to learn about plants, gardens, food production, nutrition, and ecology in a "hands-on" setting. About 15,000 square feet in size, it is comprised of several theme gardens, including a vegetable garden, fruit garden, herb garden, grain and seed garden, water garden, and a curiosity garden with unusual and interesting plants from around the world. Children use their senses as part of the learning process as they explore food production from plants, the role of plants in our diet, how plants grow, and how plants are used to make medicines, cloth, flavorings, dyes, and other products. The garden's paving stone raised beds provide a superior plant growth environment and make the plants more visually accessible, while paved walkways allow wheelchair accessibility. The garden also has a unique arbor and entry gate, a gazebo, and a fountain, and there are plans to build a shelter house that will function as an outdoor classroom and lunch area. All plants have individual information signs that include the botanical name, common name, plant family, geographical origin, and miscellaneous information about usage and food value, plant culture, and history.
Persons associated with the garden include Ben Sharda (garden designer and educator, 2004 to date); John Williams (builder and gardenener, 2004 to date); and Mary Roduner (gardener and educator, 2005 to date).
Garden designer
Sharda, Ben
Educator
Sharda, Ben
Builder
Williams, John
Gardener
Williams, John
Roduner, Mary
Educator
Roduner, Mary
Provenance
The Westport Garden Club
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Place
Beanstalk Children's Garden at the Kansas City Community Gardens (Kansas City, Missouri)
United States of America -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Topic
Gardens -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Garden designer
Sharda, Ben
Educator
Sharda, Ben
Builder
Williams, John
Gardener
Williams, John
Roduner, Mary
Educator
Roduner, Mary
Provenance
The Westport Garden Club
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Sponsor
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
Custodial History
The Westport Garden Club facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, File MO023
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Collection Rights
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Bibliography
Garden has been featured in Cathy Gripka, "Children's Garden," The Kansas City Star, April 12, 2007. Garden has been featured in Marty Ross, "Raising Gardeners," The Kansas City Star, July 30, 2007, pp. D1 and D8.
Scope and Contents
The folder includes worksheets, site plans, copies of articles about the garden, and other information.
Collection Restrictions
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Related Materials
Beanstalk Children's Garden at the Kansas City Community Gardens related holdings consist of 1 folder (10 35 mm. slides (photographs))
AAG.GCA_ref8883
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Record ID
ebl-1643208220039-1643210181512-2
Kansas City -- Beanstalk Children's Garden at the Kansas City Community Gardens
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